>> Ban on Reverse Engineering: Section 2.6 prohibits any reverse engineering (including the kinds of reverse engineering for interoperability that courts have recognized as a fair use under copyright law), as well as anything that would "enable others" to reverse engineer, the software development kit (SDK) or iPhone OS.
> Wow. EFF should sue Apple over that alone. Private companies aren't supposed to "contract-out" your rights. This will be an easy win for EFF.
I would agree that apple is going way over the line, but the issue of 'contracting out' your rights isn't so cut and dry. I'd be interested in reading more about which laws or cases may apply in this situation, but generally speaking its perfectly legal to voluntarily sacrifice previously existing rights as part of a contract.
Yes, which is why my last statement is true generally, but not universally. Just look at nearly any settlement agreement. Signing a contracting in which you surrender rights is a very common occurrence. (Ianal)
> Wow. EFF should sue Apple over that alone. Private companies aren't supposed to "contract-out" your rights. This will be an easy win for EFF.
I would agree that apple is going way over the line, but the issue of 'contracting out' your rights isn't so cut and dry. I'd be interested in reading more about which laws or cases may apply in this situation, but generally speaking its perfectly legal to voluntarily sacrifice previously existing rights as part of a contract.